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标题：Thematic Review Series: Sphingolipids. Ganglioside GM3 suppresses the proangiogenic effects of vascular endothelial growth factor and ganglioside GD1a
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作者：Purna Mukherjee ; Anthony C. Faber ; Laura M. Shelton 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：2008
卷号：49
期号：5
页码：929-938
DOI：10.1194/jlr.M800002-JLR200
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Gangliosides are sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids that have long been associated with tumor malignancy and metastasis. Mounting evidence suggests that gangliosides also modulate tumor angiogenesis. Tumor cells shed gangliosides into the microenvironment, which produces both autocrine and paracrine effects on tumor cells and tumor-associated host cells. In this study, we show that the simple monosialoganglioside GM3 counteracts the proangiogenic effects of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and of the complex disialoganglioside GD1a. GM3 suppressed the action of VEGF and GD1a on the proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and inhibited the migration of HUVECs toward VEGF as a chemoattractant. Enrichment of added GM3 in the HUVEC membrane also reduced the phosphorylation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) and downstream Akt. Moreover, GM3 reduced the proangiogenic effects of GD1a and growth factors in the in vivo Matrigel plug assay. Inhibition of GM3 biosynthesis with the glucosyl transferase inhibitor, N -butyldeoxynojirimycin ( N B-DNJ), increased HUVEC proliferation and the phosphorylation of VEGFR-2 and Akt. The effects of N B-DNJ on HUVECs were reversed with the addition of GM3. We conclude that GM3 has antiangiogenic action and may possess therapeutic potential for reducing tumor angiogenesis.